Design and development of Products, Processes and materials

The objective is to provide third-level training for researchers and experts in the design and development of products, processes and materials.

Applications include construction processes, computational mechanics, 3D digital modelling, design methods, the transport industry, biomedical engineering and materials engineering.

Specific fields

- Study and characterisation of the mechanical properties of materials.

- Process and product analysis methods for the design and manufacture of mechanical components and systems.

- Monitoring of mechanical components and structures for damage identification, mapping, quantification and control.

- Kinematic and dynamic modelling of vehicle components.

- Automotive and motorcycle engineering with a focus on vehicle dynamics and vehicle electrification.

- DAS and autonomous driving: development, testing and validation of automated driving technologies.

- Hardware In the Loop (HiL) method to reproduce various operating conditions, integrating a single component into a complex system, considering the ‘Human in the Loop’ approach.

- Life cycle sustainability assessment

- Smart materials for biomedical and bio-inspired mechatronic systems

- Additive manufacturing, design for additive manufacturing and applications

Reverse Engineering and Reverse Modelling

- Computer-aided design

- Design thinking methods and tools for creativity in design.

Materials engineering, including:

- inorganic, molecular and smart materials

- nanostructured and molecular magnetic materials for quantum computing

- materials for catalysis, light harvesting, energy storage and conversion

- materials for electronics, optoelectronics, spintronics and photonics

Material durability and degradation in different environments; corrosion mechanisms, testing and mitigation.

Coatings, treatments and surface functionalisation